Bill Text: IL HJR0075 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges President Trump to acknowledge the conclusions found in the National Climate Assessment Report and to immediately begin taking action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0075 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0075-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Scientists from 13 federal agencies have noted
that thousands of studies, conducted by tens of thousands of
scientists, have documented climate changes on land and in the
air; and
WHEREAS, The National Climate Assessment Report, which is
congressionally mandated every four years, finds it "extremely
likely" that more than half of the global mean temperature
increase since 1951 can be linked to human influence, stating:
"Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities,
especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are primarily
responsible for the observed climate changes over the last 15
decades. There are no alternative explanations. There are no
apparent natural cycles in the observational record that can
explain the recent changes in climate."; and
WHEREAS, The report cites the European heat wave of 2003
and the record heat in Australia in 2013 as specific episodes
where "relatively strong evidence" showed that a man-made
factor contributed to the extreme weather and concludes that it
is "extremely likely" that more than half of the global mean
temperature increase since 1951 can be linked to human
influence; and

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WHEREAS, Extreme weather resulting from climate change
poses a grave threat in Illinois to the economy,
infrastructure, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and
water quality, and the health of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Public statements from the Trump administration
indicate that no action is coming from the federal government
on this issue; and
WHEREAS, If we do not act now, the consequences for the
country and the State will be devastating and irreversible;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE
CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge President Trump to acknowledge
the conclusions found in the National Climate Assessment
Report, and we urge the President and the United States
Congress to immediately begin taking action to curb greenhouse
gas emissions; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency to report back to the General Assembly with a
range of options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in lieu
of federal action, focusing on solutions that create jobs and
aid the transition to a clean energy economy, protect

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environmental justice communities and consumers, and also
reduce pollutants that cause or exacerbate asthma and other
respiratory health problems; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer, U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, U.S. House of
Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, all members of
the Illinois Congressional Delegation, and the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency.